The life of faith in three parts, the first is a sermon on Heb.…

Direct. 6. Read over Christs precepts of Charity and Mercy, that a thing so frequently urged on you, may not be senslesly despised by you.

Direct. 7. Remember that Mercy is a duty applauded by all the world: As humane interest requireth it; so humane nature approveth it in all. Good and bad, even all the world do love the merciful: Or if the partial interest of some proud and covetous persons (as the Popish Clergy for instance) do call for cruelty against those that are not of their mind, and for their profit; yet this goeth so much against the stream of the common interest, and the light of humane nature, that mankind will still abhor their cruelty, though they may affright a few that are near them from uttering their detestation. All men speak well of a merciful man, and ill of the unmerciful.

Direct. 7. Remember that Mercy is a duty applauded by all the world: As humane interest requireth it; so humane nature approveth it in all. Good and bad, even all the world do love the merciful: Or if the partial interest of some proud and covetous persons (as the Popish Clergy for instance) do call for cruelty against those that are not of their mind, and for their profit; yet this goeth so much against the stream of the common interest, and the light of humane nature, that mankind will still abhor their cruelty, though they may afright a few that are neer them from uttering their detestation. All men speak well of a merciful man, and ill of the unmerciful.

Direct. 8. Believe Christs promises which he hath made to the merciful, so fully and frequently in Scripture: As in Mat. 5.7. Luke 6.36.